Israeli-Palestinian Understanding

The Palestine Human
Rights Campaign (PHRC) welcomes the latest agreement
between Israel and the Palestinians with cautious optimism,
and hopes that it is the prelude to a serious and
long-lasting effort to bring a just peace to the
region.

The PHRC notes with sadness that, while the
world’s news media were reporting the smiles and
handshakes, they failed to notice Tuesday’s shelling of
Palestinian homes by Israeli tanks.

Following this
agreement, the United States will be expected to stop any
attempt by Israel to continue with the annexation of
Palestinian land, the expansion of illegal settlements and
the building of new ones. While the Palestinians are called
upon to end all violence, it should be remembered that
every expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel is an act
of violence and Israel’s occupation of Palestine is also
achieved through violence. The extent of the willingness of
the United States to fully commit itself to a just peace
will be judged by the influence it is prepared to exert on
Israel to respect its international obligations.

The
Palestine Human Rights Campaign was formed in 1982 with the
aim of informing all New Zealanders about the cruel and
unusual injustices inflicted daily on the Palestinian
People by successive Israeli Governments.

Our policy is to
use peaceful demonstration, education and an intensive
media protest campaign to bring about changes in the
attitude of the NZ Government and people toward the
Palestinian crisis.

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